Miles Maiden, inventor of the SteriPEN and other ground-breaking, solar-based water purification technologies, has died. Read More
There are three new options for pizza, sweet treats and coffee either online in or in store for Greater Bangor. Read More
Essential Reads
Allegations that the Thorndike Fire Department leadership is unprofessional and has endangered the lives of firefighters from other communities are having an incendiary effect on the small town and its volunteer-run department. Read More
No one will ever know how Kaiser, a 5-year-old king shepherd, made his way from Ashby, Massachusetts, to South Paris over the past eight months, but Tom Woollacott and his two small children don’t really care. They're just happy to have him back. Read More
If Downtown Bangor Coordinator Betsy Lundy gets her way, there will be a giant water slide down Park Street this summer, along with a 60-foot-wide tethered helium balloon hovering above Pickering Square, offering rides. Read More
Eeven if the juiciest details of McCabe's account cannot be verified, this case still raises important questions about the circumstances that led to the Mueller appointment. Read More
Second-seeded Dexter shut down No. 7 Fort Fairfield with smothering player-to-player defense on Wednesday, building the foundation of a 47-25 Class C North girls basketball quarterfinal victory. Read More
Game wardens say a New Hampshire man was struck in the head with shotgun pellets while rabbit hunting in Maine. Read More
Friday was Vaughn Smith’s 83rd birthday. Meeting the Marginally Famous Bangor Police Department Duck of Justice WAS on his bucket-list. Vaughn has a duck puppet. Nope, not kidding. Melody thought it was real. I still do. Vaughn is an artist. Vaughn’s wife and daughter came with him on this momentous… Read More
